Residential Sales Specialist

Residential Sales Specialist

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Looking to grow your sales career and control your financial opportunity with a growing world-class organization? Our sales professionals earn top wages, enjoy an atmosphere of autonomy, recognition, and rewards for achievement. Come see why so many of our team members recommend us to their friends!

Who are we?

Rentokil is a family of companies in North America. At Rentokil, our mission is to protect people and enhance lives by providing pest control solutions that ensure public health and protect the environment through energy efficient and sustainable pest control services. We offer a complete range of pest control services and solutions for residential properties, including common pests such as rodents, flies, stored product insects, biting insects and birds to other kinds of wildlife.

What do our Residential Sales Specialists do?

The primary purpose of this role is selling the company's Residential Pest Management Services and Products to new and existing residential customers, while maintaining a customer focused service to grow the business. This includes assessing customers' needs by performing a needs analysis based on customer concerns using expert knowledge of the company's products and services that result in the sales of the organizations pest control solutions.

Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assessing customers needs by performing a needs analysis based on customer concerns using expert knowledge of the company's products and services and certifications.
• Visually inspects homes and businesses for pests, pest harborage, pest entries, etc
• Based on assessment findings, sell pest control solutions for residential customers.
• Collaborates with our customer service center, Inside Sales department, and technicians for increased opportunities
• Partners with Branch Manager to identify revenue streams with our current base and service specialist engagement Develop proposals for customers to resolve existing pest issues while also proposing additional enhancements to pest household services.
• Complete Home diagram using Sales CRM and provided to ensure clear understanding of customer home and possible challenges.
• Follow up on past proposals to close sales opportunities
• Provide expert knowledge to new service installations to ensure the job is completed satisfactorily
• Complete daily activities and sales performance using the company sales CRM

What do you need?

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prefer Associate's or Technical degree
• Pest Industry certifications a plus
• Must have 1 or more years of sales or pest technician experience
• Prefer 1-2 years of experience in pest control sales and 2 or more years in a customer service role
• Must be an effective verbal communicator, with particular emphasis on customer facing conversations and presentation with additional follow-ups
• Must have a valid driver's licence
• Must have a driving record with no motor vehicle violations within the last year
• Travel up to 100% of time within assigned territory(s)
• Must pass pre-employment background screen